Bergby Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Bergby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bergby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1511:34,0554,792
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Bergby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bergby Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bergby is most common in Norway. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bergby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bergby is the 1,252,959th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Bergby live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 34,055. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 69 percent reside, Western Norway, where 16 percent reside and Central Norway, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Norway Bergby occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Bergby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bergby surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bergby earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.64% more than the national average, earning 389,814 kr per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bergboy921/
Borgby837/
Bergba832/
Bergber772/
Berguaya711/
Bergui671,509/
Bergue671,097/
Wergba67972/
Bergve6710/
Bergvi673/
Bergwe671/
Vergbe671/
Bargbe671/
Bargbi671/
Borgbe671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bergby
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